Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-01
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Notes CT I1tereft Gathered From Man!
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supple Snd appaar5 well.
AZ imitation chamols ska tos domestic
use has ms5e is appearance. Ii Is woven,
! 6ut leeis snd LOOKS Ike tle true leather,
! and, moreover, Keeps Its scftaess after
wetting.
The captain Ct the steamship Kaipours |
recently tried the experiment Of detecting .
iceDergs in icg2y weather 0y the ec1oes |
which they Civ back. He reports echoes /
Of remarkable dis.inctntss.
new heat Indicator for domestic /
ovens resembles watch dial, sad IS
marked BREAD" "meet," pastry"
"burnlng, "eLc. II eau be attached to sny
over door By drilling = hole through it to
insert the spindle Ct the iudiCstOr.
Mr. Ju ian DenisoD, an empIoye OF the
electric light company 81 New Haven, IS
s&ia 10 have inyen,ed an automatic
caTbon-teeGer, which Will contain seven
tseH carponS, doing away with the trim
mers's work TO g large extent.
TIE heat indicating paint recently
brought out has been applied to electric
wi;ea 70 indicate the strength Of ths cur
rent. The paint is red turns dsrk ss me
nea. lisss, and ttn,uy becomes bisck,
which Is conclusive evidence that TIE
curreu. in the wire is too strong.
One Of the largest oritarDis firms il
New England recommends the following
to clsan silver: One-h2n pound Of sal
/, soda sdded to eight quarts Of water:
when OF boiling hest, dlp the pieces Of
silver, and immediately WASH in soGp-
suds, and dry with & piece OF cotton
: flannel.
By means ota mixture Of pulyerizsd
magneSiam, chloride OF potash and sui.
, ph.de O. GatimCny " srs. G9ediCEe and
Miethe produce IN explosive, lightning
, Ike illumination, which IS likely 70 be Of
: much value in photographs The fish
: lasts CGc-foYticth Of 6 second, ard pgo-
, vides cheap sud practical method o. Sc
CuuDg instantaneous pictures st night CT
. in dark places.
( a Glasgow engineering firm has COZ
| structed what i said to be the largest
planning machine Il the world, speCiauY
intended and designed to be employed il
connection with the preDsratiOn OF steel
pisteS Tor the girGers Of q railway bridge
>, IL New South WSles. TIE weight of tcis
- vast machine is stated &c be some thirty
{ five tons, and it IS capable Of planning lhz
t edge Of & plstA tA:tty-cighs let IN length
. Oy live t-eJ 'Tjde
=. = popular g .acy, according % Mr.. A.
u ", Hare Of .8s Royal 51cieiy Of !. il
=, 6uTg3, Is ihs b. !'e! That water !-om 8
= ru52II@ soIfal, - s&fer Tor drl7Slng iur-
g poses thaH rat.E from q sluggish stream,
= for t5s revere Is r. a-.y tae t'ct. s. asga-
E contaminated watac contains fever ot-
= gahISms &tfsE zen or twelve days thsL
river "t,l'' y me reason la>t 1"@
y iHCIuDo5 Ia ..R @.'"1d uu'-h2 i-t I.,s-
: Two or l4fee 1@tS eA1auS's taeIf iJoo
y SIMPLY
9 4 Fa-u@o.@ hla'! 81 cry 32cNe' S'd4 II
10" mace ~ tIH'9-l'nS '"f4Ne gsI-S o.
II 90 --H9 t'EG I've paris oi sugar me
+-iI Is J1t-lG u'l.---- Is t'i'tIsly ulSso1'1d'
.tie "a - Is I4eA pu1 IhIo tle SII5 ahs'
me mas Is eYHPofzleo uh'I- Il IS Ioahu 10
'eIo.he REF" on coo'DS, Luhe"s1 i1
= t.>''eI hi--'S ~ 10Y t5HoIIy' .u" we -
''CIe proves eAce--eH4 ioI use III cHu7'lE
: pGPsf % s',.A-.1 5Iuly, cIean!y' az"
G "lSnovt producing ne sl'S1-@sI Disagree
- AoA7 o1oI'
> the rece2t reception @! the Royal
y Society OF London, 5lT. v Boys ex-
=, a,7it6d TIE actual WORKING ef inc apaa-
= rSluS WHICH ne h9s devised Tor the pur-
pose OF drawing out glass, hi8tESIs sad
met2ss, when 2esrec, into extremely line
wire OF thread. Inc AtneI" says; -
. taln rou o. the ma'eret Wss fastened 70
y the tell Ct IN Arro~ aud hssted St the enf
( O! an e4hy cToSeh name Inc Trigger &
l. SLOW Was taen pulled and the al
= row SHOT In mis- way quartz can De
drawn so me thss the tGinIest parts are
beyond the Power OF any microscope to
den1e them"
The purity CT the mid-Ah81tiC cir has
= been demonstrafed by Professor (. s.
= Dennis OF New loik, by means OF CAP
= sQle8 OF eterlljz5d geIsline, which were
exposed to Il on the pronenaoe decE,
Where there was Tree circulation OF the at
mosphere. In ten days few points Ct il
iec'ioo were developed. When exposed in
: one OF the stats-E0ons over 900 points OF
5 injection we're developed within eighteen
< hours. Bus WDeH o capsule W&s exposed
5 over the DOW Of 'ne snip II "as found to
oe entirely u3t0dcned. The experiments
sho% how pur" was the mid-ocean &ir
outside the ircl-sed spaces OF the
vessel
4 The best method OF cleansing Russia
81 iron stoYt-2!pe OF rust Is TO dip the pipe
Il Ia solution Q: enc part OF sulphGric
ecid and ten Of water and then immerse
III hath OF no. lime water; finally ru1
WIN ury ShWuuSt' 10 pIeck or 70 lsh